Combined toy and savings-bank



R. E- AND N. STARKIE. COMBINEDQTOY AND SAVINGS BANK. APPLICATION FILED MAY12. 1919.

l,338,879. at nted May 4, 1920..

UNITED STATES PATEN T OFFICE.

ROBERT EASTWOOD STARKIE AND NELLIE STARKIE, OF BURNLEY, ENGLAND.

COMBINED TOY AND SAVINGS-BANK.v

Application filed May 12, 1919.

resenting an armored military automobile vehicle with endless traction bands known as a tank, having a slot for the reception ofcoins, which can be stored within the vehicle until the same is unlocked or unscrewed, a door or hinged side being provided at the back of the tank, or a foot plate under the tank adapted to be screwed off to give access.

Combined with this preferably on the same stand or pedestal we mount a toy cannon or other gun having its muzzle directed at the slot in the tank, this gun comprising a rain or plunger which may be normally held within the gun, a confined spring on the movement of a trigger being liberated so as to cause the ram toprotrude suddenly. The surface of the pedestal may be made to imitate rough ground, rising into a hill between the gun and the tank, the said hill having a flat top over which the ram wipes when the trigger is pulled. A penny or other coin being placed on this flattop, can

then be propelled or shot into the slot in the tank. Instead of this arrangement a receptacle for a coin may be provided at the muzzle of the gun. According to adjustment the coins may either be sent into the tank with practical certainty at every attempt,or if desired to increase the amount of amusement derived from the device, the

banking of the coin may be arranged to require a small degree of skill in correctly l'lalancing the coin or aiming the gun.

The accompanying drawings illustrate an example of a device according to this invention although it will be understood that the details may be varied.

Figure 1 is a plan of the device. a c

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation on a larger scale taken in the direction of the arrow II in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a similar sectional elevation taken in the direction of the arrow III in Fig. 1.

The reference numeral 1 indicates the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 4, 1920.

Serial No. 296,608.

stand or base, which may be painted green or other color and roughened to imitate rough ground; 2 is the tankand 3 the gun, at the front of which is a small platform or tables having a central groove 5 in which works a plunger 6 normally protruding from the mouth of the gun. To this plunger 6 is connected a handle or trigger 7, and between the rear of the plunger and the interior of the breech of the gun is confined a spiral spring (not shown). At each side of the table 4 is a raised flange 8. The trigger 7 being drawn back so that the plunger is withdrawn into the bore of the gun, a coin is placed on the table 4; the release of'the trigger then permits the spring to expand and the plunger to strike and propel the coin toward the slot 9 (Fig. 3) in the side of the tank. If correctly placed, the coin should enter said slot and fall inside the tank.

The gun may be connected to castings or the like representing the wheels of the gun in such manner that it can be swiveled so as to enable the elevation of the muzzle to be altered, and also to enable the gun to be aimed or traversed in a horizontal plane, in order to increase the opportunity to use skill. in aiming at the slot.

The tank may however be made separately from the gun and pedestal, having a suflicient base to stand alone, so that the distance between the gun and tank can be varied.

The tank may be constructed of perforated ironwork so that the coins inside it can be seen.

We claim as our invention A toy, comprising a receptacle for coins provided with an entrance opening, a gun provided with a slidable plunger adapted to propel the coins into the said opening, anda table for supporting the coins in front of the muzzle of the gun, said table having a central groove for the plunger to slide in and having also upwardly projecting side flanges for positioning the coins.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in the presence of two witnesses. Y

ROBERT EASTWOOD S'I'ARKIE. I NELLIE STARKIE.

Witnesses:

ERNEST PRIESTLEY NEWTON, EVA HARTLEY. 

